The Rockets finally find their stroke from three, attempt 57 total

If there’s one thing we know about the Houston Rockets, it’s that they love to shoot the ball. With players like James Harden, Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson, who wouldn’t?

Last year, the Rockets made more than 14 threes per game, but they had only topped that number once this season before tonight. Heading into Friday’s game, the team was averaging 11.6 made threes per game – a very low number considering the team’s system and personnel. Tonight was something of a revelation for Rockets fans, who finally got to see their team look somewhat normal.

The Rockets went 22-57 (38.6%) from three tonight and, though they were suffering from injuries to Chris Paul, Trevor Ariza and Nene, still got a pretty dominating win against the Charlotte Hornets. Those 57 attempted threes also included an NBA-record 32 attempts in the first half alone.

Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson each led the way with six from deep; James Harden hit four as part of his triple-double and P.J. Tucker and Luc Mbah a Moute combined for five themselves. Bobby Brown even decided to join in on the fun with one.

This offense is almost unbeatable when they shoot like this. This season, with so many weapons, this probably won’t be the last time we see a performance like this from the Rockets. The team will be back in action tomorrow night as they take on the Memphis Grizzlies. They only hit 6 threes against the Grizzlies in their first game – their only loss on the season.

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